I UNDERSTAND TEARS WERE SHED TODAY. THAT MOMENT CAME IN THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS MOM WILL LIKELY DIE IN PRISON AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR HER. BUT THE JUDGE AND THE PROSECUTOR HAD NO SYMPATHY, CALLING THIS INCIDENT INCREDIBLY SELFISH ACT AND THEY WERE NOT BUYING HIS APOLOGY. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE ROOM -- PUBLIC. I'M SORRY. BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, HE HAD JUST TAKEN SOME HEROINE. EMTS WERE CALLED TO MANCHESTER MARKET FOR THE REPORT OF AN UNCONSCIOUS MAN. INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM HELP HIM, HE TOOK OFF FROM THE PUTTING LIVES AT RISK. THIS DEFENDANT BARRELS DOWN THE ALLEY AND NEARLY STRIKES ROY WHITE. THE PROSECUTION OUTLINED HOW HE IGNORED NUMEROUS REQUEST BY POLICE OFFICERS TO STOP. HE LOOKED DIRECTLY AT OFFICER MELINDA WHEN THE OFFICER PULLED UP ON HIS POLICE BICYCLE AND TAPPED ON THE DOOR AND SAID A PULLOVER. HE LOOKED DIRECTLY AT OFFICER MULLEN AND MOUTHED NO. SEVERAL OFFICERS FIRED SHOTS BEFORE HE CAME TO AN END. HE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE THIGH. EVEN AFTER HE WAS STOPPED, HE HAD TO BE TASERED THREE TIMES. THE DEFENSE SAID HE IS ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HIS ACTIONS, BUT WAS POSSESSED BY THE DEMON OF DRUG ADDICTION. CHRIS REMAINS ADAMANT THAT HE NEVER INTENDED TO HARM THE OFFICERS AND NEVER INTENDED TO HURT ANYONE. HE IS A CARING AND GENTLE PERSON IN THE SITUATION HE IS ONE OF UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THE JUDGE SAID SHE COULD FIND NO MITIGATING FACTORS THAT BASICALLY HIS ENTIRE ADULT LIFE HAS BEEN A CRIME SPREE. AND ADOPTING THE PROSECUTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CHRISTOPHER VARAGIANIS SERVE 10 TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. IN ADDITION TO SPENDING AT LEAST 10 YEARS IN PRISON, WILL ALSO HAVE TO REIMBURSE THE CITY OF MANCHESTER FOR THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE CRUISER HE RAMMED. THAT BILL TOTALS OVER $4000.